tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47136462243959664612024-03-13T06:58:52.773-04:00Sidewalk ChicA girl's adventures in personal style and landscape photography in New York City.Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475343411738599102noreply@blogger.comBlogger818125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-74875748916939826272015-11-29T13:22:00.000-05:002015-11-29T13:22:27.663-05:00Sado Island, Japan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During our two-week stay in Japan, we spent three days on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, which is about a two-hour train and one-hour ferry ride north of Tokyo. We didn't know too much about Sado Island before we went, except that the area was known for its beautiful landscapes and world-renowned sake (Niigata is home to some of Japan's best rice and sake). While we appreciated Tokyo's skyscrapers and crowds of people, we hoped to see a rural area that was less affected by modernity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Staying in a traditional <i>ryokan </i>and sleeping on tatami mats</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Eating a feast of different kinds of seafood every night</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Visiting the toki sanctuary. Sado Island is one of the few places in the world to nurture the toki (Japanese crested ibis) population</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Visiting several different award-winning sake breweries and taking some bottles home</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Driving to enjoy the Osado Skyline scenery </span><br />
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<br />JoAnn, Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816996827481782259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-57466154606982813062015-11-27T10:52:00.003-05:002015-11-27T10:52:25.280-05:00Tokyo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier in October, Jeremiah and I spent two weeks in Japan -- five days in Tokyo, three days on Sado Island, and five days back in Tokyo. Japan was one of those lifetime trips where we had always said we wanted to go, and finally this year we got the momentum (and enough travel points) to take our dream trip!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the first and last legs of our trip in Tokyo, we stayed in the Shinjuku area -- the largest neighborhood in the city that is focused on business and nightlife. We were able to stay at the Park Hyatt hotel (featured in "Lost in Translation") which had incredible views of the city and was really close to everything we wanted to see in Shinjuku.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some highlights of visiting Tokyo:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Seeing the Meiji Shrine and walking through Yoyogi Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Visiting all of the random department stores surrounding the train station (apparently that's a thing, most train stations have at least five mega-department stores around them)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Having a tour guide show us around the Asakusa and Oeno neighborhoods, including many of the shrines, temples, and museums</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Eating/drinking in Omoide Yokocho (Piss Alley), and making friends with a salaryman who gave us travel tips and generously paid for our tab</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Having a reliable Google Translate app (imperative for us, as our Japanese is non-existent except for about five phrases)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Going to the Studio Ghibli Museum and feeling like a wistful kid again (especially while riding the catbus to get there)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Visiting Shibuya to see the crossing and Shibuya 109</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Shopping and people-watching in Harajuku</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- People-watching and wandering into all of the electronic/anime stores in Akihabara</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- ALL of the food options (ramen ticket machines, okonomiyaki, udon, kaitensushi, sashimi, tempura, tsukemono, soba, yakitori, takoyaki, and lots more)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Staying at the Park Hyatt and feeling like a movie star</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hoping to visit again in a couple years and do the other things we weren't able to do (Tsukiji Fish Market, especially)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reading material that was helpful for planning our trip:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/">Japan Guide</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/japantravel">/r/japantravel</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://www.japan-talk.com/jt/new/japan">Japan Talk</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pretty-Good-Number-One-American-ebook/dp/B00C9T9X2Q">Pretty Good Number One</a> by Matthew Amster-Burton</span><br />
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<br />JoAnn, Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816996827481782259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-27623817946827911412015-06-28T23:33:00.003-04:002015-06-28T23:48:48.219-04:00Lately<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just like that, it's almost July. Summer got itself here in a big hurry.</span><br />
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Clockwise from top left: Standing on my street in an & Other Stories dress and Madewell top; Flowers on 53rd Street; Somewhere in Flatiron; reflecting at Lincoln Center.<br />
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Clockwise from top left: A beautiful school door in Chelsea; My sister and I in Central Park during her Memorial Day weekend visit; Don Draper's office at the Museum of the Moving Image; watching Ex Machina with Jeremiah; visiting company headquarters in Atlanta during my sister's graduation.<br />
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Clockwise from top left: True Detective street art on 9th Avenue; Top of Grand Central Station; St, Patrick's Cathedral; Drinks on the Upper East Side; Empire State, by reflection.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my third summer of living in the city (and fourth if you count the one year I did an internship up here). I finally feel like I've hit my comfort zone, both at work and living in my neighborhood. I'm incredibly grateful to live close enough to my work that I can walk anywhere and everywhere on my own two feet, and not rely on the subway for my daily routines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's finally spring in New York! This winter feels like it's lasted forever and I'm just glad to not wear tights and a peacoat anymore. Bring on the vintage dresses, beer gardens, strolls through the park and other adventures!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeremiah and I took a walk a couple Saturdays ago on the High Line while the weather's been nice. I love the views from the High Line, but it can get super-touristy and crowded so we usually only go once or twice a season. This day was particularly beautiful, and I'm excited to eventually check out the new Whitney Museum that just opened.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bought this vintage dress a couple months ago and have been waiting for the temperatures to rise for me to wear it. My poor vintage cotton dresses just linger in my closet for months while winter goes on. I really need to switch to a more "northern" style of dressing, but it's hard for me to part with some of my older vintage styles I've collected over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Watching: On Netflix, currnetly watching Black Mirror and Daredevil (set in our neighborhood!). For movies, j</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ust watched Ex Machina (loved), Avengers (meh for me), Age of Adaline (kind of a disappointment but the costume design was eye candy).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Eating: Lots of beets and blackberries this spring. Very obsessed with <a href="http://tottoramen.com/">Totto Ramen</a> right now. And just tried <a href="http://le-bernardin.com/">Le Bernardin</a> for the first time -- what a mind-blowing seafood experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Reading: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lunch-Poems-Lights-Pocket-Series/dp/0872860353">Lunch Poems</a> by Frank O'Hara and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wanderlust-History-Walking-Rebecca-Solnit/dp/0140286012">Wanderlust: A History of Walking</a> by Rebecca Solnit. </span><br />
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<br />JoAnn, Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816996827481782259noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-2839274750279427242015-03-23T21:48:00.000-04:002015-03-23T21:48:11.032-04:00Postcards from Hamburg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Was a part of the Hanseatic League</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <b><a href="http://www.miniatur-wunderland.de/">Miniatur Wunderland</a>: </b>Have to thank past Yelp reviews for this unexpected, quirky find. This is a model train attraction that is one of the largest in the world. But it's more than trains - it's entire civilizations rendered in miniature form. We spent a couple hours wandering through the exhibits. If you ever visit, be sure to watch the small airplanes departing at the miniature airport, and also look out for the easter eggs of tiny model citizens partaking in nefarious activities. While there, we saw a skinnydippers, and a 'whodunnit' murder scene (complete with an underwater car).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Church,_Hamburg">St.Michael's Church</a>:</b> The largest church in the city, with an incredible view at the top. Baroque-style, it has seen its share of notable citizens over the years (Johannes Brahams was baptized here), and more than 2,000 of them were interred in the crypt in the basement. Climb to the top, and stay for the Evensong service and crypt tour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-Desserts: <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.5454540252686px;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franzbr%C3%B6tchen">Franzbrötchen</a> (a croissant-like pastry often stuffed with cinnamon and chocolate) should be a thing that people in NYC line up for. And I pretty much had my own religious experience after trying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8dgr%C3%B8d">rote grutze</a> (red currant fruit dessert served with cream).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.5454540252686px;">- <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/altonaer-fischmarkt-hamburg"><b>Fischmarkt:</b></a> On Sunday mornings around 4am, just after last call, many locals and tourists head over to the fish market to get some post-partying grub near the harbor. The fish is fresh, the music is still going, and there are even some fish auctions going on for those ambitious to start their grocery shopping early. The sunrise is really beautiful with a fish sandwich in one hand and a beer in the other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the brands I discovered/fell in love with while visiting London and Berlin was COS,the higher-end sister brand of H&M. The brand is a departure from my normal style of tapered waist vintage dresses, but I'm really drawn to the clean lines, minimal colors and sculptural jewelry. I own a couple dresses from COS so far, and hope to get more mileage out of them when the weather is warmer. And if I hadn't already blown my spring allowance on a cou</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ple sweaters, I'd totally nab up that watercolor silk blazer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When enough time passes, it's hard to pick writing back up here again. But so much has happened in the last few months, that I feel like I need to record it all somewhere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- probably had the best weekend of my life when I found an amazing dessert (</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.5454540252686px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rote GrĂĽtze</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">) and watched the sunrise in a fish market (all in Hamburg, Germany)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last one has had the biggest impact day-to-day for me. I started changing my diet and habits after I left my advertising job in May. I felt like the unhappiness of that time, plus bad habits I picked up (free vendor lunches! happy hours every night! subway rides to and from work!) contributed to weight gain since I've moved to the city. Now I definitely feel healthier, especially since I walk everywhere, keep work food in check (just because it's free doesn't mean you have to eat it!) and wear a fitness tracker to keep up with my steps. The bittersweet thing about a drastic change in my appearance though is that it's impacted what clothes I can wear, and I've cut out a lot of things in my closet .So anyways, between that and the really long winter in NYC, I haven't been taking very many outfit photos. Which I hope to pick back up soon once it's warm again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few years ago, Jeremiah and I visited the Met during a trip to NYC shortly after our honeymoon. Unsuccessful at finding an apartment (and realizing that the permanent move to NYC would take some more financial planning on our part), we went to the Met to buoy our spirits one last time before we flew back to Georgia. It was kind of a bummer visit, walking by the Egyptian artifacts and mummies, being newly married and overwhelmed and not totally sure of where we were going to live. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But now that we've been living up here for a couple years now, it seemed appropriate to visit the Met again and get rid of whatever negative memories we had associated with it. As you can see from the above, I had fun reenacting one of my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmha1NsQRU">favorite scenes</a> from When Harry Met Sally in the temple room. Jeremiah really loved checking out the weaponry section, while I loved the photography exhibit, though I wish it was more expanded. People-watching at museums is always fun, too.There were quite a few people carrying monopods to take selfies with their phones, which has to be a thing at major tourist destinations (like the Eiffel Tower or the pyramids). I don't mean this in a facetious way, but perhaps one day in the Met, on a floor between the Egyptian mummies and the European paintings, there will be a nostalgia-inducing photography exhibit showcasing old Instagram filters and selfies and how democratized art has become. Gone are the days when an artist would need a wealthy patron or sophisticated tools to create art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways, enough of me waxing on the flattening of art and technology, more pictures below:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got this dress in London at Primark for a steal, and it's been on a few tourist adventures with me already (namely, a solo bus tour I took to Stonehenge, Oxford, and Windsor Palace). It's got a roomy waist, so it's a perfect eating dress, and with a blazer it can be dressed up for a casual Friday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://timeisaflatcircus.tumblr.com/">Time is a Flat Circus</a>: What the world needs: a mashup of True Detective and Family Circus.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Blogs I'm perusing lately: <a href="http://www.dreamsandjeans.com/">Dreams and Jeans</a>, <a href="http://www.rosaspinavintage.com/">Rosapina Vintage</a>,<a href="http://www.deluneblog.com/">De Lune</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- In love with the photos for <a href="http://www.dearcreatures.com/">Dear Creatures'</a> autumn line.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3034708/work-smart/daily-reading-rituals-that-will-make-you-more-productive">Daily reading rituals</a> that can help make you more productive.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirty-Old-1970s-New-York-City/108171812558551">Dirty old 1970s New York</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/08/ask-polly-how-do-i-make-friends-in-my-late-20s.html">Making and keeping</a> friends past college. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://digital-photography-school.com/5-creative-ways-find-new-locations-photograph/">Creative ways</a> to photograph new locations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some highlights from this past trip in June include St.Paul's, Antony&Cleopatra at the Globe, Westminster Abbey services in the Shrine of St. Edward's, Hyde Park, Portobello Road, the War Rooms and the Sherlock Holmes Museum (so cheesy and full of bespoke mannequins, but loved it). Jeremiah and I also spent a couple days in Oxford and explored around Christchurch (where those epic dining hall scenes were filmed for Harry Potter), Trinity (where Jeremiah did his study abroad), and a</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> few of the pubs that are hundreds of years old. I really can't wait to explore this city again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I realize that I've sat on these photos for almost a year, and am now presenting them in non-chronological order. Not sure why it took so long. Perhaps it was knowing that once I hit publish, I no longer have any photos left to share from my favorite spots in Georgia! I love living up here, but I do get homesick every now and then for my old haunts. But alas, in order to move forward, I'd like to empty whatever's left in my archives and move on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This first dress was a dream vintage find from Portobello market in London. It is a World War II-era dirndl dress from Munich, Germany, complete with (what appears to be) a homemade tag dating it to 1944. It's become a treasured item and I love that it's not overly costumey with its heavy cotton and tiny buttons down the front. I wore it down to Georgia during a trip last October to Athens, and took photos in one of my favorite spots at the University of Georgia -- the Fine Arts theater, which was built in 1941 and was the last project to be built by the WPA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So though it took more than 70 years and thousands of miles for these two to meet, it seemed completely fitting to wear this dress in front of a building from the very same era. I wonder how many women have owned this dress before me, and what kind of lives they led. I'd love to go full period-style and wear my hair in a soft wave and hat with this dress at some point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This second dress is also from London, but its origins are much more contemporary (Topshop). I'm really kind of in love with white dresses with dark flowers or embroidery for autumn. The print on this dress kind of reminds me of those <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=mushroom+cookie+jar&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8fnzU4f5LbS_sQTHooBo&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1280&bih=639&dpr=1.25">mushroom cookie jars</a> that everyone's mom seemed to have in the 90s, so it seemed appropriate to wear a mushroom brooch with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://online.wsj.com/articles/advice-to-my-teenage-self-1408490144">Advice to my teen self</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The Internet is one giant <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-color-of-every-photo-on-the-internet-blended-together-is-orange/378614/">orange</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- How much <a href="http://lifehacker.com/how-much-100-is-really-worth-in-every-state-1624621738">$100 is really worth</a> in every U.S. state.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- I love The Billfold's financial essays of how fictional characters may spend their money. Here, <a href="http://thebillfold.com/2014/08/how-wizards-do-money-draco-malfoy/#more-58922">a look at Draco Malfoy</a> and his post-Hogwarts life actually makes me feel sympathy for the Slytherin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2014/08/when-it-comes-to-doing-good-deeds-think-small.html">Thinking small</a> when it comes to good deeds.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- The <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/sets/">British Library's flicker set</a> is full of beautiful illustrations, maps and more -- perfect time-waster for the design lover or history buff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- And finally -- <a href="http://thehairpin.com/2014/08/the-best-friends-of-rom-com-heroines-in-order/">rom-com BFFs</a>, ranked.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello again! I didn't mean to take such a long break, but life stuff caught up with me, and I spent some time away from photography and things in general that I normally love. But now that I've gone through a few transitions in the last couple months, hopefully that will change and I'll spend a little more time here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The biggest life change includes switching jobs. I am now working in cable news research as a digital analyst. I love it. I really ended up enjoying quant/qual research in grad school, and television consumer habits have fascinated me for a while, so I think this role is a perfect fit. I like knowing how people watch their favorite shows they obsess about, and what kind of screens and technology they use to watch. This new job allows for some more schedule stability, which is so welcome, and I love my new team.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But other than that, things are awesome. Still living in the same apartment in Hell's Kitchen with Jeremiah, and we've just been exploring our city and traveling abroad (namely London again, so I'll have to share pics soon)! These photos are from a recent night out -- we were on our way to dinner and walked by the NYPL so I played tourist for a minute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I've missed this blog. I'm not sure if anyone is still reading, but hoping to take baby steps to post more. We'll see. My views have changed a bit on blogging, and I waver back and forth on whether the whole endeavor has been narcissistic and pretentious (I am certainly no expert in fashion or writing). But it's been a fun experiment in photography, and I like having this space as a record of the last few years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I left for NYC, I had a chance to spend an awesome day in Athens with my wonderful friend </span><a href="http://www.unbrokenhorse.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sunira</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to take some photos for her </span><a href="http://www.suniraphotography.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">photography business</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. For as long as I've known Sunira, we've bonded over the outdoors and photography (in fact, we found out we both lived in the same town and were photographing the </span><a href="http://www.sidewalkchic.com/2011/08/into-woods.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">same farm park</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> before I moved away and then met her through a mutual friend). I've always admired that she isn't afraid to get the best creative shot -- even if that means going into the deep woods or climbing over barbed wire to get it. Or doesn't mind when her subject starts to fly away ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">For years, we've talked about doing an epic photo tour of Athens, in which I'd play guide to some of my favorite parts of town, and we'd explore old Southern Gothic ruins together with our cameras. We finally were able to make it happen last spring, and here are some of those photos! We had a chance to explore some places I've captured before -- the Oconee Forest Park, the REM Murmur Trestle, the University of Georgia's north campus, and downtown Athens. We also visited a park I've never gone to before -- Hurricane Shoals Park in Jefferson. That park had a lot of opportunities -- historic buildings and cabins, as well as beautiful fields, a covered bridge and a creek.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I've been blogging, I've mostly taken my own photos. While I relish that kind of creative freedom, it can get lonely and scary sometimes going to locations on my own. With Sunira behind the camera, I was able to do some things on my Photography Bucket List that I would have difficulty doing solo (climbing trees, levitating in the air and balancing precariously over streams). Plus, it was great fun to share some of my favorite spots in the world and see them captured with reverence by a friend. Now that I am a few months removed from these photos and have moved away to NYC, I treasure these photos even more as mementos of my time in Athens.</span></div>
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Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475343411738599102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-82752064458389880772013-10-16T11:00:00.000-04:002013-10-16T11:00:01.872-04:00The fourth year in pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today's my blog's fourth birthday! In honor, these are my favorite outfit photographs of the last year. In years past when I would do these compilation posts, I would choose a lot of photos to celebrate a year's worth of work. This year I thought I'd do something different, only choosing shots that were difficult for me to capture on my own, and reflect the second (or 22nd try) at nailing the right composition, pose or lighting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last two shots of me are kinda funny to see now that I'm six months removed from when they were photographed. I went through a phase earlier this year of taking portraits of the back of my head, as if I was journeying toward something off-camera. The composition of the last shot took forever, as I had to position myself between the boats before my timer went off, all while trying to avoid the bugs and snakes near the water's edge (sorry Mom if you're reading this).</span></div>
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<br />Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475343411738599102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-20009490139805263722013-10-11T09:00:00.000-04:002013-10-11T09:00:02.871-04:00The V&A<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> One of the biggest highlights for me when we visited London was getting the chance to spend a few hours exploring the <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/">Victoria & Albert Museum</a>, a beautiful museum devoted to design and art. (Btw, Londoners, I am totally jealous that the V&A and so many of your other museums were free to the public!). We had limited time, but we were able to explore through the medieval and Renaissance sections, which were full of religious iconography and statues. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My favorite section was the one that was devoted to women's fashion spanning from the 1600s to the present, and I was not the only fan, as there were so many students and artists camped out sketching out their favorites (especially near the 1930s-1960s window). A few of these dresses looked like inspirations for "Mad Men" characters (doesn't the 1970s maxi look like something Megan wore in the sixth season?). My favorite dress, however, is the 1938 Charles James green evening gown -- the crossover front draping is a style that needs to come back soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went for comfort when dressing for this day in some old favorite clothes, though I have to admit that I felt pretty blah after walking through and seeing Dior couture (I mean, who wouldn't?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- I saw Gravity last week and highly recommend (along with everyone else in the world it seems, haha). I am usually not a fan of 3D movies or the space travel genre, but this one was incredible -- a total feast for the eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Still mourning the end of Breaking Bad, but I've been filling the void with Downton Abbey (I have my sources, shh!). A few recent Netflix finds: Orange is the New Black, Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's, Freaks and Geeks. What are you watching lately?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- I bought a copy of "Who's Buried Where?" at the Westminster Abbey gift shop and have liked poring over the final resting places of famous Brits. I know that sounds macabre, but that kind of history has always fascinated me ... Other b</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ooks that I've recently read: "Quiet" by Susan Cain, "No Reservations" by Anthony Bourdain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- A few new blog finds: <a href="http://emptyemptor.com/">Empty Emptor</a>, <a href="http://wishwishwish.net/">Wish Wish Wish</a>, <a href="http://www.assembledhazardly.com/">Assembled Hazardly</a>, <a href="http://www.chroniclesofshe.com/">Chronicles of She</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Inspired by this post about the <a href="https://medium.com/busy-building-things/648223f673af">power of side projects</a> (via swiss miss). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- <a href="http://thevivant.com/101-travel-tips-pack-combatting-jet-lag/#_a5y_p=892622">101 travel tips</a> that are pretty useful and include tips like rolling every piece of clothing you own to maximize space, and avoiding airplane ice cubes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- When I miss Georgia, I look to these blogs: <a href="http://www.petitepanoply.com/">Petite Panoply</a>, <a href="http://gritsandmoxie.blogspot.com/">Grits and Moxie</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/evanleavittphotography">Evan Leavitt</a>, <a href="http://www.backdownsouth.com/">Back Down South</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- I look here to fall in love with New York even more: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/humansofnewyork">HONY</a>, <a href="http://nyctype.co/">NYC Type</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I've been dreaming of visiting London ever since the late 90s, when the Spice Girls, Titanic, Austin Powers, and Princess Di transfixed 10-year-old me, creating a personal obsession with crossing the pond (add to that the Royal Wedding, as well as Downton Abbey and anything on Keira Knightley's filmography, and it has only intensified). After an intense final year of grad school, graduation, moving cross-country and starting a new job, I haven't really had that much down time. And so, after months of planning, Jeremiah and I decided to take our first post-grad school vacation together, which was important in that it made us feel like real-life responsible adults (not that we weren't before, obviously, and not to imply that travel is the only way to feel like an adult. But years of being poor graduate students can make you constantly feel like you're trapped in arrested development). So this vacation was a big deal, celebrating that we were finally able to make some headway on our life goal of traveling around the world, <i>together</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">London was incredible, and definitely surpassed whatever childhood expectations I mentally clamped onto the city. We stayed in the Mayfair area near Hyde Park, and had a blast exploring the city through the tube (which fascinated this new New Yorker. The tube is so clean, beautifully designed and easy to navigate!). I took a million photos, and never wanted to leave. I may have even promised Jeremiah that it would be a part of a five-year plan for us to move there ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I originally purchased this Kamali Kulture dress for work, but brought it along on the trip thinking it would be a great outfit staple for several days (I try to pack as light as possible because I always try to avoid checking bags). Wrinkle-free, easy to clean and goes with everything. Cannot recommend enough.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a few photos from our day at the Tower of London, a major highlight of the trip for Jeremiah, who visited years ago during his study abroad. It was really fascinating to learn more of the buildings' histories, complete with royal executions, murders and intrigue (not to mention some of the Crown Jewels). Though it was super packed with tourists, I had a great time, and loved the views of the Thames River nearby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">credits - dress: kamali kulture (amazon) | oxfords: naturalizers | bag: pour la victoire | trench: banana republic. (photos of me by Jeremiah) </span></div>
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<br />Sidewalk Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475343411738599102noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713646224395966461.post-45442959512508471192013-09-14T11:20:00.002-04:002013-09-14T11:20:56.540-04:00Comeback kid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't mean to be gone for so long. So this is hello again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My life has completely changed since moving up here. All in good ways, of course. I'm working fulltime for an agency, working long hours but learning a lot about television and media buying. I'm making new friends, and count my lucky stars that some of my old ones from Georgia have made the move up here too for their careers. Jeremiah and I live in the same apartment now (the first time in a year after our long-distance relationship), and I'm having fun setting up our home. By all accounts, life is turning up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But moving up here has put a damper on my photography, at least for this blog. It's been almost impossible to do self portraiture the way I did before, as the streets and areas near me are very, very busy, and I'll have to get over my fears of being around other people while I engage in this hobby.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also ... I'm not entirely sure how to phrase this next part. Maybe it's because I had to decimate my wardrobe for the move, or my fluctuations in weight, or perhaps its a general apathy toward fashion blogging and gluttonous consumerism, but I haven't been interested in photographing my daily outfits. Though if I am honest with myself, outfit photos haven't been a priority in the last year of blogging, as I've tried to step up my self portraiture photography in general, aiming more for composition and lighting rather than showcasing outfit details here and there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm not sure what this really means. I still do enjoy self portraiture photography, and like being able to put myself through different feats as a photographer/model/editor, and want to continue that. I'm just stumbling on how to do that here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, I still have a few photos from this summer, and a few scraps left over from Georgia that I'll share soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've missed you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*photo by Jeremiah from a weekend trip to Vermont</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I took these photos last month, I ran into an old friend on the bridge. I normally don't speak to people whenever I go on photo trips -- the less opportunities for awkward run-ins or questions about why I'm taking photos of outfits, the better. I was taken aback to see this friend because it had been years since we had seen each other, that I stammered through some lie about working on some landscape photography (which is kind of true?). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been sitting on so many outfit posts from Georgia, and have had a difficult time putting them up because I am homesick for my old photo spots. Seeing these photos reminds me that I was very lucky to have a park basically all to myself in the mornings for three years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>credits </b>- dress, nine west | shoes and scarf, target | jacket, aeropostale.</span></div>
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